IB₂.TAG₄
rīḫtu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning remainder
Literal translation remainder
Variants
IB₂.TAG₄ rīḫtu
Edited by
remainder mathematical quantity

(37) 1.30 ana KUR šamaš₂ re-ḫi 1.30 ina 6 12 DANNA E₁₁-ma 4.30 IB₂.TAG₄ (38) U₄.28.KAM

‘(37) 1,30 remains until sunrise. You deduct 1,30 from 6,0 (UŠ, i.e.) 12 bēru, 4,30 is the remainder (38) of day 28.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 37-38

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 368-369

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IB₂.TAG₄ (Lemma #1046). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IB₂.TAG₄ (Lemma #1046). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IB₂.TAG₄ (Lemma #1046). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) IB₂.TAG₄ (Lemma #1046), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1046,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {IB₂.{TAG}₄ ({Lemma} #1046)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1046/},
}